In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 11

In the Market Place

PEACHES IMPROVE POOR DEMAND FOR APPLES A slight improvement was apparent in the inquiry for peaches at today's sales in the city markets. Golden Queens are higher in price. A poor inquiry exists for apples, and prices reveal no change. Gravensteins are now off the market. j Improved quality is shown in the supplies of outdoor grapes. For these, prices show a slight rise. Hothouse grapes are meeting with a fair demand. Passion fruit is plentifully supplied. ' Lemons are on a duller market than they have been for some time, and the inquiry is slow. • Californian oranges are maintaining their high values. Good dessert pears are being cleared satisfactorily. Cabbages, pumpkins, beans, green peas, and onions are especially heavily supplied in the vegetable auction, with only a fair demand generally. Quotations: FRUIT Peaches.—Golden Queen, 4s 6d to 9s; Lippiatt’s Late Red, 3s to ss. Cape Gooseberries.—sd to 6d lb. Tomatoes.—Local. No. 1, smooth, 5s 6(1 to 6s 6d case; No. 2,2 s 6d to 4s; Hutt tomatoes, 4s 6d to 5s 9d. Apples.—Cox’s Orange, choice 9s to 10s. ; small 6s to 7s; Delicious, choice 5s to j6s 6<3, rejects 3s to 4s; Jonathan. 5s to j 8s; cookers, 3s to 6s. !• I Pears.—Louis Bon, choice 9s to 9s 6d, I small-sized 6s to 7s 6d; Clairgeau, 3s Gel Ito 5s 6d; Packham’s Triumph, 3s to 6s: j Beurre Diel, 3s to 4s. I Grapes.—Hothouse, Hamburg, 6d to Is 3d lb; Gros Colman, Is Id to 2s; Golden Queen, lOid to lid; Te Kauwhata, outdoor, 4s 6d to 8s 3d a case. Lemons.—Local. Ss to 14s. Oranges.—Californian, 40s to 42s 6d. Bananas.—Repacked, ripe, bushel cases, 17s to 22s 9d. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, 8s to 8s 3d cwt; local, 3s 6d to 4s 6d bag. Onions.—ls 6d to 2s bag. Kumeras.—Local, Id to lid lb; Tauranga, 4s to 6s cwt. Cabbages.—ls 6d to 3s sack. Cauliflowers.—2s to 9s sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 2s 6d bag. Pumpkins.—2s to 4s 6d cwt. Citron Melons.—3s 6d to 4s cwt. Green Peas.—4s to 7s 6d bag. Beans.—ls to 3s a bag. Lettuces.—ls 6d to 5s 6cl case. Cucumbers.—2s to 7s dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—6d to Is dozen. "Water Melons.—ls 6d to 3s each. Rock Melons.—3d to Is each. Cabbages.—On benches, 6d to Is 6d dozen. Cauliflowers.—On benches, 4d to 9d each. Celery.—6d to 2s 6d bundle. Rhubarb.—ls 6d to 2s dozen. Spinach.—6d to 10c! dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, 2d to Sd each. Radish.—6d dozen. Spring Onions.—4d to Is 3d bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet, and Turnips.— 6d to 3 s dozen. Leeks.—3d to 4d bundle.